Month: April 2018 | Page 4 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
April 18, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Andreas Wagner, biological design, chimpanzees, DNA, evolution, evolutionary theory, evolutionists, gene regulation, genes, humans, protein expression, protein-coding genes, proteins, serendipity, species, transcription factor}

Andreas Wagner: Genetic Regulation Drives Evolutionary Change

_{Cornelius Hunter
April 18, 2018

Evolution

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In a seemingly infinite hall of mirrors, monumental assertions are casually made and immediately followed by citations that simply do the same thing. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 17, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, archaic humans, Ars Technica, burial, Dinaledi Chamber, femur, fibula, fossils, hominins, Homo naledi, intelligent design, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, radius, Rising Star Cave, Spain, tibia, ulna}

Studying Homo naledi Fossils, Paleoanthropologists Apply ID Principles

_{Casey Luskin
April 17, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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This fascinating study also counters arguments that Homo naledi was beginning to develop a human-like intellect. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 17, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", bias, cells, co-option, critics, distortion, Douglas Axe, Dover trial, evolution, fear, feedback control, information processing, intelligent design, nanotechnology, objectivity, protein evolution, science, scientists, self-repliation, Tree of Life, type III secretion system, Undeniable (book)}

Cognitive Conditioning and the Distortion of Reality

_{Brian Miller
April 17, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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After following the discussion about evolution versus design for the past few decades, I have noticed a common trend. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
April 17, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, chemicals, evolution, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Richard Dawkins, Sean Carroll, serendipity}

Pre-Adaptation: In Evolutionary Explanations, Too Much Serendipity

_{Cornelius Hunter
April 17, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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"The bombardier beetle’s ancestors simply pressed into different service chemicals that already happened to be lying around. That’s often how evolution works." Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 16, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Tagged
, __k-review, anti-humanism, autotrophs, book reviews, ecocide, environmentalism, fruit, genocide, Natalie Angier, New York Times, novel, peas, rationality, science, sexual reproduction, Swiss Constitution, Switzerland, The Hague, trees, wildflowers}

No, Trees Are Not People Too

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 16, 2018

Bioethics, Botany

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Novelist Barbara Kingsolver seriously asserts, in her review of a novel in which trees are characters, that they are people too. Read More ›

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Date
April 16, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, conservatism, David Berlinski, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, evolution, Firing Line, Hoover Institution, intelligent design, Irving Kristol, John West, Jonah Goldberg, Michael Behe, National Review, Phillip E. Johnson, Politics, Richard John Neuhaus}

Jonah Goldberg, William F. Buckley Jr., and Evolution

_{Science and Culture
April 16, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Conceding deep philosophical and scientific premises is one common reason that conservatives lose important arguments. Read More ›

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Author
Jay W. Richards

Date
April 16, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Alasdair MacIntyre, americans, artificial intelligence, China, Declaration of Independence, Ghana, government, human rights, machines, natural selection, random mutations, robots, Star Trek, strong AI, Thomas Jefferson, unicorns, University of Notre Dame}

Don’t Fear the Robots; Fear the Robot Philosophers

_{Jay W. Richards
April 16, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physics

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Believe it or not, many officially smart people think that (1) we are just computers made of meat, (2) computers will soon become conscious, or (3) both. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
April 15, 2018

Categories
Biology
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Bill Nye, Darwinian evolution, elections, evidence, global warming, March for Science, Miami, Minneapolis, science, Scientific American, scientist, UC Berkeley}

Marching for Evidence?

_{Jonathan Wells
April 15, 2018

Biology, Environment & Climate, Evolution, Scientific Freedom

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Imagine yourself as a graduate student doing research in one of the natural sciences. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 14, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, Alfie Evans, assisted suicide, authoritarianism, Daily Mail, futile care theory, medicine, Michigan, parental rights, parents, police, Rome, Terri Shiavo, United Kingdom}

This Is What Medical Authoritarianism Looks Like

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 14, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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The Alfie Evans saga continues to roil the U.K., and it is increasingly looking like the Terri Schiavo case. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
April 13, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, blind spot, capillaries, cephalopod, choriocapillaris, Douglas Futuyma, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary theory, George Williams, human eye, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan Losos, Kenneth Mason, Kenneth Miller, Nathan Lents, optic nerve, oxygen, photocell, photoreceptor cell, retina, retinal pigment epithelium, Richard Dawkins, Richard Young, Susan Singer, The Blind Watchmaker, toxins, vertebrate}

Is the Human Eye Really Evidence Against Intelligent Design?

_{Jonathan Wells
April 13, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Vertebrate eyes work reasonably well, Richard Dawkins conceded, but “it is the principle of the thing that would offend any tidy-minded engineer!” Read More ›